A scoped specification.
Who uses the product, what each of them needs to do, every screen, the data behind it, and what version one deliberately leaves out. Written so any engineering team can quote from it, including one that isn't us.
Discovery Sprint
Your idea, turned into something you can show.
The Discovery Sprint is Deeds Lab's first step for founders without a technical team. In 2–3 weeks we turn your written idea into a scoped specification, a clickable prototype and an investor deck, and you own all three.
- for:
- founders with no technical team
- input:
- a written idea
- time:
- 2–3 weeks
- deliverables:
- scoped specification
- clickable prototype
- investor deck
- you_own:
- everything, from day one
- next:
- the build, if you want it
What you leave with.
A clickable prototype.
Every key screen designed in Figma and linked so it behaves like the product. Investors and early users can tap through it before a line of code exists. It's what you put on the table in the meeting.
An investor deck.
The problem, the product, who pays, the plan and the ask, built around the prototype so the story and the screens agree.
A build estimate.
A timeline, the effort involved and what changes it, from real scoping rather than a guess. Use it with us or take it anywhere.
Three weeks, week by week.
Before we start
One or two conversations to agree what the product is. We agree the scope and an estimate in writing before work starts.
The specification
Users, journeys, features ranked by priority, and the first screens in rough. You review it at the end of the week.
The prototype
The key screens designed and linked into a clickable prototype. You try it, and we change whatever doesn't hold up.
The deck and the estimate
The story written around the prototype, the deck designed, the build estimated. Then a handover call.
A simpler idea can finish in 2 weeks.
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What it did for one founder.
A UK construction technology founder came to us with a written idea. Three weeks later he had a prototype investors could click through and a deck built around it. He raised the funding, then commissioned the full build.
What the sprint won't do.
It won't get you funded on its own, and it won't give you software you can launch: the prototype is a design that behaves like the product, not the product. What it does is make your idea concrete enough for investors to argue with, and give whoever builds it a specification they can price.
Questions about the sprint.
What do I need before we start?
A written description of the idea. A page or two is enough. Notes, a voice memo or an old deck all help, and none of it needs to be polished.
Is the prototype real software?
No. It's a clickable design: every key screen, linked so it behaves like the product. That's why it takes weeks rather than months, and why it's quick to change.
Can I take the specification to another developer?
Yes. You own it, and it's written so any competent team can quote from it.
What if I don't want the build?
You keep the specification, the prototype and the deck, and you owe nothing more.
Twenty minutes will tell you whether this is worth pursuing.
No pitch deck, no pressure. Tell us what you're building and we'll tell you what it would take.